Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/152

Horizontally compressed ovoid grey-brown bottle or jug with rounded base. Decoration of two neck rings with incised panels of "eye of god” motifs, on brown-red and white paint. Moulded manufacture technique; burnished surface. Broken and repaired.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, paint, adhesive
  • Measurements height 22.8 cm, width 23.6 cm, depth 20.5 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
  • Received from Erika H. Sawyer

  • Made in Teojate

  • Creation Date between 901 BCE and 201 BCE
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition poor
  • Accession Number 2990/0152